On the Darts on the Premier League and I am sure one day at last years World Championship's Andy Goldstein usually fills in.

Dave Clark is presenting today's afternoon session from the Alexandra Palace so I presume he'll also be hosting the evening one as well.

I listened to a bit of Andy Goldstein's radio show on Thursday while he was talking about the darts, he and co-host Jason Cundy spoke at length about going to the Palace as spectators but Andy didn't mention presenting any of Sky's coverage, so I guess they are not planning to call upon him as a cover host this year.

One absentee from the Sky Sports team this weekend is Nigel Pearson - his talkSPORT football commitments are taking priority, as he's reporting on Wolves v Stoke today and commentating on Aston Villa v Liverpool tomorrow for them.

John Gwynne also absent from the darts today, reporting on Huddersfield v Sheff Wed for Sky Sports News.

Thanks for the information.

I didn't catch much of the action yesterday but it must have been a busy day for Stuart Pyke and Rod Studd. With Sid Waddell unwell (although he is scheduled to do a few stints in the commentary box at the Ally Pally later in the tournament), John Gwynne and Nigel Pearson away doing football and Dave Lanning having retired, they'd have been the only main commentators available so will have called (at least) four first round games each.

Wayne Mardle, Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow will all have done co-commentaries yesterday. Have they added any former or current players to their team this year?

I didn't catch much of the action yesterday but it must have been a busy day for Stuart Pyke and Rod Studd. With Sid Waddell unwell (although he is scheduled to do a few stints in the commentary box at the Ally Pally later in the tournament), John Gwynne and Nigel Pearson away doing football and Dave Lanning having retired, they'd have been the only main commentators available so will have called (at least) four first round games each.

Wayne Mardle, Rod Harrington and Eric Bristow will all have done co-commentaries yesterday. Have they added any former or current players to their team this year?

No real need to be without Gwynne- you would think with the commentary team so decimated they could have found somebody else to report from Huddersfield.
One of the real problems is that Wayne Mardle seems to be commentating on almost every bloody match- which is excruciating.

Studio was at Thomond Park, Limerick with Simon Lazenby presenting and Paul Wallace, Ieuan Evans and Sean Fitzpatrick as the studio pundits. James Gemmell did the pitchside interviews for the second game from Toulouse.

The Picture is in 4:3 Aspect Ratio rather than widescreen 16:9 and should have black bars either side but sky have stretched the picture.

I don't think Sky have stretched it for most of the match. The host broadcaster on Bangladesh cricket still broadcast in 4:3 (the only cricket broadcaster I know of still to do so) and so Sky also broadcast the coverage in 4:3. For those with 16:9 TVs this means you get black bars around the coverage.

Up until October it was the case that some of Sky's overseas cricket was shown in HD, some in 16:9 but not HD and some in 4:3 due to studio availability. However, since October all of Sky's overseas cricket has been shown in HD other than the Bangladeshi series which is only provided to Sky in 4:3.

At times, however, something seems to go wrong on the system and we get a few overs where it tries to show it in 16:9.

I don't think Sky have stretched it for most of the match. The host broadcaster on Bangladesh cricket still broadcast in 4:3 (the only cricket broadcaster I know of still to do so) and so Sky also broadcast the coverage in 4:3. For those with 16:9 TVs this means you get black bars around the coverage.

Up until October it was the case that some of Sky's overseas cricket was shown in HD, some in 16:9 but not HD and some in 4:3 due to studio availability. However, since October all of Sky's overseas cricket has been shown in HD other than the Bangladeshi series which is only provided to Sky in 4:3.

At times, however, something seems to go wrong on the system and we get a few overs where it tries to show it in 16:9.

TV is set up correctly etc, and Sky stretch the 4:3 Picture to fit the screen. Same on Sky Go too.

(S4C) Gareth Roberts hosting from (the) Cardiff City stadium, with 'special guest(s) Gareth Davies and Dr. Gwyn Jones, who then moved to become analyst in the OB truck nearby. Dot Davies as pitchside reporter, with commentary from Huw Llewellyn Davies and Derwyn Jones.

He's OK. Occasionally he slips into analyst mode and he usually seems to try too hard with his voice modulation when reading off the autocue. Therefore, I'd say that he is very much number 6 (behind Gower, Ward, Colvile, Floyd and Allott) but a useful stand in when required and better than some of the others that have presented cricket in the past - particularly Jason de la Pena who thankfully left for ESPN STAR as quickly as he arrived.

A few changes for the start of the new NBA season. Firstly after his retirement, Shaquille O'Neal has joined the TNT studio panel. Meanwhile ESPN have dropped their main presenter (either Stuart Scott or Hannah Storm) and moved Michael Wilbon to the host role, with Chris Broussard joining as an analyst. It was better, but still nowhere near as good as the TNT coverage though, which for me is probably one of the best two broadcasts of any US sport along with NBC's NFL.

There's been way too many fancy slo-motion replays, with the only decent one being done at the start when all the TV reporters/commentator were walking along the touchline, making them look like they were in that scene from the Usual Suspects